All The Grocer articles in 4 October 2014 – Page 4
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarkets have forgotten their shoppers
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are suffering severe downturns in trade and are rushing to blame the discounters…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco is not a basket case, says Kevin Hawkins
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions,” according to Shakespeare…
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News
How Morrisons’ Match & More scheme works: video
Morrisons today unveiled its Match & More loyalty card scheme, which will match prices not only with the other big four supermarkets, but with Aldi and Lidl too.
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News
Morrisons loyalty scheme to match Aldi and Lidl on price
Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to price match against the discounters.
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News
MSC ‘raises the bar’ with new sustainable fishing standard
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has unveiled a revamped standard for sustainable fishing, which it claims will “raise the bar”.
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Analysis & Features
Yorkshire Provender Meal Pot: acid test
Yorkshire Provender first rolled out meal pots over a year ago under sub-brand Incredibles,…
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Analysis & Features
Tesco Cheese Twists: Acid Test
Making an impact on shelf in the crowded biscuits and crackers aisle isn’t easy…
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News
Lidl unveils ‘50p challenge’ in riposte to Sainsbury’s
Lidl has responded to Sainsbury’s infamous ‘50p challenge’ poster earlier this week with a 50p challenge of its own.
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News
Asda banana pricing in Facebook storm
Asda has come under fire on social media after a video claimed to show the retailer over-charging for pre-bagged bananas…
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News
PayPoint to sell vouchers for video game downloads
PayPoint is introducing a scheme this month allowing customers to pay cash for digital video game vouchers.
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Analysis & Features
Are supermarket rights issues on the way?
How fierce must the ‘perfect storm’ become before the grocers look to the equity markets to bolster their balance sheets?
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Comment & Opinion
Lewis puts his stamp on Tesco with Feet on the Floor
Dave Lewis is wasting little time putting his personal stamp on Tesco, despite the turmoil caused by its £250m black hole
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s ‘Feet on the Floor’ plan is a positive step
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has told HQ staff to reconnect with what’s happening on the shop floor. It’s about time, says Catherine Shuttleworth, of Savvy Marketing.
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Analysis & Features
10 things you need to know about... hot beverages
Coffee pods are steaming ahead, while green teas and fruit-flavoured teas are hotting up, leaving standard tea to go cold. The latest in our series of digital features…
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Analysis & Features
Coffee pods have the power as rivals vie for dominance
The coffee capsule war fuelled by Nestlé’s ageing intellectual property rights and Dualit’s victory have sparked a market free-for-all
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Analysis & Features
Green, fruit and herbal tea sales steam towards the £100m mark
The traditional cuppa is in hot water. Increasingly adventurous and health conscious Brits are ditching standard black tea in favour of fruitier, herbal and greener offerings.
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Analysis & Features
Hot beverages ad spend climbs 15.9%
It’s no surprise it’s the coffee brands that have increased ad spend the most in the past year, after the coffee pod market opened up.
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Analysis & Features
Instant coffee goes super-premium in hunt for growth
When it comes to instant coffee, premiumisation is so last year. It’s super premiumisation driving sales in a category striving to compete with the meteoric rise of pods and at-home coffee machines.
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Analysis & Features
More tea, barman? Posh brands turn boozy
Black tea porter, chai infused ale and alcoholic ice tea are among the alcoholic teas to have hit the market in 2014…
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Analysis & Features
Nescafé tops our social list... in a wheelbarrow
A granddad pushing a grandma around in a wheelbarrow helped Nescafé reach more people on Facebook than any other hot beverage brand this summer